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states. >> i want to say the device was always under control, and that no one in the united states was ever at risk, because we did have control. >> those who have seen the bomb say it is remarkably similar to this, the one worn by the 2009 underwear bomber. while the ingredients were improved, the overall design was basically the same with no metal. presenting no more challenge to screeners than the 2009 underwear bomb. as a result, u.s. officials say no change to airport security is planned. >> the fact that we have the device shows us how to look for, and how to detect such devices should they be used in the future. >> could it have gotten through screening? homeland security officials say they cannot be certain, but just as with the 2009 underwear bomb, the answer is no. >> in today's date with all the various layers we have, in all likelihood, it would not have exploded. >> they will investigate how word of this top secret intelligence operation first began to leak last week before it was made public. that put at risk those involved in disrupting the plot. >> pete williams from wa
states. >> i want to say the device was always under control, and that no one in the united states was ever at risk, because we did have control. >> those who have seen the bomb say it is remarkably similar to this, the one worn by the 2009 underwear bomber. while the ingredients were improved, the overall design was basically the same with no metal. presenting no more challenge to screeners than the 2009 underwear bomb. as a result, u.s. officials say no change to airport security...
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states so he can pursue his studies. >> a ct scan showed chen had three broken bones in one foot. injured while scaling a wall to escape house arrest. but doctors say no other serious medical problems. some republicans say the u.s. was too quick to leave him leave the safety of the embassy. >> if those reports are true, it would be a dark day for freedom. >> in a call to the u.s. press, chen said friends who tried to visit him in the hospital were beaten, and heis situation is dangerous. >> he should have been given more time in the embassy. but it was a hurry-up offense to get him out. >> experienced diplomats said negotiating was touch and go because he changed his mind about staying in china after being reunited with his wife and learning how his friends and family had been abused. >> emotions are running high on everyone's part. we have a person who has been in prison for four years, been under intense surveillance for months after that. >> if the deal holds, chen and his immediate family will come to the u.s. on a student visa. he plans to be at nyu in new york, but with hill
states so he can pursue his studies. >> a ct scan showed chen had three broken bones in one foot. injured while scaling a wall to escape house arrest. but doctors say no other serious medical problems. some republicans say the u.s. was too quick to leave him leave the safety of the embassy. >> if those reports are true, it would be a dark day for freedom. >> in a call to the u.s. press, chen said friends who tried to visit him in the hospital were beaten, and heis situation is...
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states. the ci arx towahwarted a plot t detonate a bomb on a jetliner using a powerful explosive and a sophisticated new device intended to clear airport metal detectors. we're still learning more about this. it's where we begin with pete williams. >> american officials are saying tonight this is a big success story for international intelligence. detecting the device, monitoring it, and shutting it down. the target was to be a passenger airliner bound for the u.s. though officials say no specific flight had been chosen and no ticket had business purchased. the plot, they say, was to or originate in yemen. the plan was to use an upgraded version of the underwear bomb that was trided to set off on a christmas day flight of 2009. that failed to work and simply caught fire. he's now serving a sentence of life in prison. the latest attempt, officials say, including a different detonation system, but as with the earlier device, no metal parts. the u.s. is now evaluating whether the latest device c
states. the ci arx towahwarted a plot t detonate a bomb on a jetliner using a powerful explosive and a sophisticated new device intended to clear airport metal detectors. we're still learning more about this. it's where we begin with pete williams. >> american officials are saying tonight this is a big success story for international intelligence. detecting the device, monitoring it, and shutting it down. the target was to be a passenger airliner bound for the u.s. though officials say no...
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realizing in the united states, a child goes missing like this almost once every three days. we really get frustrating when we don't see these children brought home. >> all right, clint van zandt. clint, as always, thanks for your perspective on this. i appreciate it. >> thank you, matt. >> it's now 7:38. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> matt, thank you so much. got some friends out here. you guys must all be related. you all have the same hair. that's fantastic. >> mothers and daughters. >> where are you from? >> mississippi. >> thanks for coming. >> tupelo. >> that's right. it's always chilly there because it's tupelo. raining just a little bit here in the northeast. look at these temperatures, not two below in the northeast. temperatures, 60s and 70s. 90s to 100s in the southwest. where they got those wildfires going in arizona. it is rough. temperatures in the 80s in southern texas where we got more rain. out west, gorgeous, 81 in medford, oregon, today with plenty of sunshine. heavy rain later today in the northeast on up into new england. >> good morning. th
realizing in the united states, a child goes missing like this almost once every three days. we really get frustrating when we don't see these children brought home. >> all right, clint van zandt. clint, as always, thanks for your perspective on this. i appreciate it. >> thank you, matt. >> it's now 7:38. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> matt, thank you so much. got some friends out here. you guys must all be related. you all have the same hair. that's...
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an alleged plan to blow up an underwear bomb aboard a jet headed to the united states. it was stopped by the cia before it could be launched. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on this. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning. american officials say they actually found out about this plot a month ago. they followed it closely, and then they shut it down. and after that they seized the device that the terrorists intended to use. it's now here in the u.s., where the fbi is studying how it was made. u.s. officials say the target was to be a passenger airliner bound for the u.s., though no specific airline or flight had been chosen when the plot was disrupted. but they say, a potential suicide bomber had been recruited and was being trained. officials declined to say if he's in custody. >> as far as the person who actually had the bomb, the exact language that was used to me was, we no longer have to be concerned about him. >> reporter: the plan was to use a more refined version of the underwear bomb worn by umar abdulmutallab who tried to detonate i
an alleged plan to blow up an underwear bomb aboard a jet headed to the united states. it was stopped by the cia before it could be launched. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on this. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning. american officials say they actually found out about this plot a month ago. they followed it closely, and then they shut it down. and after that they seized the device that the terrorists intended to use. it's now here in the u.s., where the...
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she had no luggage for her trip to the united states. investigators now believe she is mentally unstable, but she caused quite a stir yesterday for the flight crew who managed to play it very cool until the flight was down, and law enforcement on board. it was just after 5:30 p.m. when us airways flight 787 finally touched down in charlotte, north carolina. and passengers certainly had a story to tell. >> it was a bit scary. but we're just glad to be safe. >> reporter: it was just after noon when the flight was diverted to bangor, maine. >> no one really knew what was going on. we thought it was a medical emergency. then they told us that they were low on fuel, because the -- there were strong headwinds. then as we were landing, you could see all the ambulances, and police cars, and it wasn't just one for a medical emergency. there was like a brigade. >> reporter: but the f-15s escorting the flight knew the real reason. the 767 flying from paris to charlotte, north carolina, with 188 people on board was more than halfway over the atlanti
she had no luggage for her trip to the united states. investigators now believe she is mentally unstable, but she caused quite a stir yesterday for the flight crew who managed to play it very cool until the flight was down, and law enforcement on board. it was just after 5:30 p.m. when us airways flight 787 finally touched down in charlotte, north carolina. and passengers certainly had a story to tell. >> it was a bit scary. but we're just glad to be safe. >> reporter: it was just...
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when you look at all of the leading 25 markets in the united states. almost every one of thome has turned around and some of them with whopping increases over the last year. for example, phoenix, arksz up 27%. that was a foreclosure capital of america only a year ago. miami, they used to have every apartment seemingly vacant is up 24%. orlando, florida, people are thinking i'm not buying in florida, is up 12%. and inventory is down 25% to 50% across the nation. if that's not a turnaround, we're missing something here on the numbers. >> we even fwoobt another question for you. this one from lisa. she joins us via skype. lisa, what's your question for barbara? >> i'm in the washington, d.c., metro area and we have a 20-month-old son and another baby coming in six weeks and we're trying to figure out if a townhouse makes sense for us as an investment in the d.c. area with a family of four already. >> well, townhouses are always cheaper than homes in any market right now in kmt c., the townhouse is selling for $230,000 on average where the house will set y
when you look at all of the leading 25 markets in the united states. almost every one of thome has turned around and some of them with whopping increases over the last year. for example, phoenix, arksz up 27%. that was a foreclosure capital of america only a year ago. miami, they used to have every apartment seemingly vacant is up 24%. orlando, florida, people are thinking i'm not buying in florida, is up 12%. and inventory is down 25% to 50% across the nation. if that's not a turnaround, we're...
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it's coming to the united states next month and we got a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the fiery production. they're ferocious and feisty. fire-breathing. and high-flying. they're the stars of dreamworks "how to train your dragon live spectacular," a new arena show featuring 23 life-like and life-size dragons that move and interact with the cast of vikings, acrobats, and martial arts performers. adapted from the popular dreamworks animated film "how to train your dragon" about a viking teenager who befriends a young dragon. >> we were looking for other ways of being able to take our movies and actually have them live outside of movie theaters. a couple of us had an opportunity to see this amazing show called "walking with dinosaurs." it seemed like just a amazing opportunity to take the story of our movie, and actually be able to bring it to life in a live show in a way that people have never seen before. >> reporter: the show is four years in the making. and with a cast and crew of 85, it boasts the largest number of animatronics ever to tour the globe. the production is so large, it takes
it's coming to the united states next month and we got a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the fiery production. they're ferocious and feisty. fire-breathing. and high-flying. they're the stars of dreamworks "how to train your dragon live spectacular," a new arena show featuring 23 life-like and life-size dragons that move and interact with the cast of vikings, acrobats, and martial arts performers. adapted from the popular dreamworks animated film "how to train your dragon"...
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he tried again according to security officials mailing a petn bomb to the united states stuffed in an ink cartridge. it, too, was undetected, only found because of a tip. and then last month, u.s. officials say, al asiri wanted to sneak an improved underwear bomb on a u.s.-bound flight for the anniversary of osama bin laden's death a year ago. but the plot was disrupted and the bomb seized. yemen is emerging as one of al qaeda's leading sanctuaries, but the yemeni government is cooperating with u.s. officials in looking for this bombmaker. >> richard engel, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> now let's get a check on the morning's other top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. authorities are urging the fbi's latest addition to the top-ten most-wanted list to turn himself in. adam mayes is accused of kidnapping two sisters from mississippi, and he has now been charged with the murders of the girls' mother and older sister. mayes wife is also charged in those murders, and she tells investigators that she watched her husband kill them and then he
he tried again according to security officials mailing a petn bomb to the united states stuffed in an ink cartridge. it, too, was undetected, only found because of a tip. and then last month, u.s. officials say, al asiri wanted to sneak an improved underwear bomb on a u.s.-bound flight for the anniversary of osama bin laden's death a year ago. but the plot was disrupted and the bomb seized. yemen is emerging as one of al qaeda's leading sanctuaries, but the yemeni government is cooperating with...
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feel is working against the united states. and here in pakistan, there are very high levels of anti-americanism. the government here needs to show it's being tough with washington as well and that it's not a puppet of the united states. so, i think that will mean many more tense instances to come. >> at least seven people have been killed in a gun attack on a bus. 25 people were also injured in the attack, which is thought to be carried out by separatists. police in new york are holding a suspect in connection with a case of a 6-year-old school boy who disappeared 33 years ago. etan patz vanished while walking to a school bus in manhattan. his disappearance is the first to be featured in a public information campaign on milk cartons that changed the way missing children are dealt with. police say the suspect implicated himself in the boy's death. jonathan blake reports. his disappearance captivated america. etan patz left home to walk to the bus stop on his own for the first time and was never seen again. the case sparked a na
feel is working against the united states. and here in pakistan, there are very high levels of anti-americanism. the government here needs to show it's being tough with washington as well and that it's not a puppet of the united states. so, i think that will mean many more tense instances to come. >> at least seven people have been killed in a gun attack on a bus. 25 people were also injured in the attack, which is thought to be carried out by separatists. police in new york are holding a...
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. >> translator: -- the people of the united states, and to the people of afghanistan today, i thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: the partnership includes u.s. assurances to assist the afghans on security, economics, and governance. but it also guarantees afghan sovereignty. the contract doesn't pledge a specific troop presence, but it does allow the u.s. to keep troops in the country beyond 2014, and the official combat role comes to an end. those troops will be used to train the afghan forces and continue to fight on al qaeda. in his seven-hour stop, president obama also met with u.s. service members on base, and in the base's hospitals. thanking them for their service -- >> the final chapter of this war is written, historians will look back and say, not only was this the greatest fighting force in the history of the world, but all of you also represented the values of america in an exemplary way. >> reporter: a key factor to the strategic agreement is to prove to the afghans, the americans, the international community and even the taliban that the u.s. is sticking
. >> translator: -- the people of the united states, and to the people of afghanistan today, i thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: the partnership includes u.s. assurances to assist the afghans on security, economics, and governance. but it also guarantees afghan sovereignty. the contract doesn't pledge a specific troop presence, but it does allow the u.s. to keep troops in the country beyond 2014, and the official combat role comes to an end. those troops will be...
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in the united states, there were no treason trials. there were no systematic attempts of political repression. there was no suspension of speech rights. so where else besides the united states did the defeated retain such power, not just to keep alive their version of the war but to commercially peddle it? and to do that from the moment the war ended if not before and to find a ready and even expanding audience for that, what they thought of as heroic script, the confederate epic, even up to 150 years after the ancestral -- that ancestral class of people had been forced into surrender. that question about the contrast between democracy and fascism and its treatment of a defeated enemy looms really large but not very clearly in my mind when i think about the living legacy of the civil war which is the troubling question of why treason and defeat seem to make a better story. >> i think we got to come back to that one. >> gary? >> just coming down the line. i am going to keep this really short. because i think we're going to have a lot of
in the united states, there were no treason trials. there were no systematic attempts of political repression. there was no suspension of speech rights. so where else besides the united states did the defeated retain such power, not just to keep alive their version of the war but to commercially peddle it? and to do that from the moment the war ended if not before and to find a ready and even expanding audience for that, what they thought of as heroic script, the confederate epic, even up to...
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kolodner mentioned, between 1992 and 20001, the population in the united states increased 14%. the number of kids abusing prescription drugs went up 212% abusing drugs. the number of adults abusing these drugs went up 81%. a major study we did at our center and released a couple of years ago. prescription drug aintus a major major problem. dr. kolodner's point is these drugs are good. they help people. no question about that. and it's important to get the abuse stopped. we also done with some of the pharmaceutical mail house companies studies and they point out that many, many doctors keep prescribing these drugs longer than they ever should be prescribed and often in amounts they shouldn't be prescribed. that's wrong. but we have to do -- one of the main reasons to get rid of what is wrong here is because they do a lot of good for people. >> that's also true. we could argue that marijuana is good for people. and marijuana could alter a mood. that can have positive affects. what are you saying about that? i mean it seems to me you get impossible area of subject activity if you
kolodner mentioned, between 1992 and 20001, the population in the united states increased 14%. the number of kids abusing prescription drugs went up 212% abusing drugs. the number of adults abusing these drugs went up 81%. a major study we did at our center and released a couple of years ago. prescription drug aintus a major major problem. dr. kolodner's point is these drugs are good. they help people. no question about that. and it's important to get the abuse stopped. we also done with some...
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were the united states deputy marshal whose took advantage of the opportunity? yes. court cases, yes, they would drag on almost a decade. the laissez-faire did not work well. yes, fastest riders, the cowboys had trained mustangs, knew the territory because they'd been driving cattle across the land. the farmers who may have been the pillars of their community, if they were in a wagon, has h a family, maybe they not get land. so both of those philosophies of government and social evolution were only partially true, but nevertheless, that day part of the american west was settled. well, after 1889, other parts of the indian territory were taken away from indian tribes and put into the public domain. they call it the allotment process. so the federal government would negotiate with the fox and the potawatamy. others picked off. biggest of the land run, cherokee in northern oklahoma just on the kansas border was opened by land run. 100,000 people made that run. 1901, the last of the real big ones. the old comanche lands in the southwestern part of the state all opened an
were the united states deputy marshal whose took advantage of the opportunity? yes. court cases, yes, they would drag on almost a decade. the laissez-faire did not work well. yes, fastest riders, the cowboys had trained mustangs, knew the territory because they'd been driving cattle across the land. the farmers who may have been the pillars of their community, if they were in a wagon, has h a family, maybe they not get land. so both of those philosophies of government and social evolution were...
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and, of course, these were also times of great unrest within the united states. there was the civil rights movement, there was the antiwar movement, there was the yippies and the hippies and all of that social unrest that was going on. and all of a sudden, as a result of that, or for whatever reason, because... the american indian movements began to appear as well. and then and there was a great time for lots of education. you know, i was unaware of the many misdeeds perpetrated on our people by the government's indifferent government. and this was a time that activism was really real, you know? and it was a time for joining in. and first you have to have the facts. you have to have the education. once you pick that up... and then that, on one hand, generates lots of anger at that point in time. >> hinojosa: within you? >> yes. >> hinojosa: around you. you were at the siege at wounded knee. it was something that if you grew up in the '60s and '70s, you knew. >> what happened was it was actually... a tragic little comedy happened, and we wound up taking over the b
and, of course, these were also times of great unrest within the united states. there was the civil rights movement, there was the antiwar movement, there was the yippies and the hippies and all of that social unrest that was going on. and all of a sudden, as a result of that, or for whatever reason, because... the american indian movements began to appear as well. and then and there was a great time for lots of education. you know, i was unaware of the many misdeeds perpetrated on our people...
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. >>> the united states needs to reduce its arsenal of nuclear weapons by 80%. that is the finding of an advocacy group called global zero. in its report the group says the united states needs no more than 900 total nuclear weapons for security purposes in the post cold war area. the report comes out at a time when the obama administration is reportedly considering different plans. >>> the u.s. senate is expected to drop a bill which would extend benefits to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships. that's according to the "washington times." joe lieberman calls the bill the next step to equality for the gay community. this comes days after president obama says he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. >>> as expected mitt romney picked up more delegates in his bid for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. he won primaries in nebraska and/or gan. -- and organ. >>> here in d.c. ward five now has a new councilman. kenny mcduffie won the special -- kenyan mcduffie won the special election. harry thomas, jr. resigned in january after pleading
. >>> the united states needs to reduce its arsenal of nuclear weapons by 80%. that is the finding of an advocacy group called global zero. in its report the group says the united states needs no more than 900 total nuclear weapons for security purposes in the post cold war area. the report comes out at a time when the obama administration is reportedly considering different plans. >>> the u.s. senate is expected to drop a bill which would extend benefits to federal employees...
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but it does -- because, the united states triumphed during the civil war. and the confederacy did not. i think that's the greatest legacy. >> so union victory was important. >> i do believe it was. i do believe it was. yes. some people don't. >> no, i know. >> some times they send you e-mails. i got one last fall. wishing that i would develop a case of virulent pancreatic cancer. because i am mean to the confederacy. virulent, the virulent kind. >> they're right. but the prescription is terrible. >> i'm finished now. >> good. good. >> the best way for me to illustrate this. i don't have a particularly objective answer. i have a subjective answer. >> none of us are subjective. >> all right, i think it is the most important legacy. my favorite. it's virtually impossible for me to think about my very existence without the civil war. i grew up in a white house that had political struggle. political struggle of african-americans the i didn't know it at the time. it is clear the political struggle dated back to the civil war. my father, david mentioned was a blac
but it does -- because, the united states triumphed during the civil war. and the confederacy did not. i think that's the greatest legacy. >> so union victory was important. >> i do believe it was. i do believe it was. yes. some people don't. >> no, i know. >> some times they send you e-mails. i got one last fall. wishing that i would develop a case of virulent pancreatic cancer. because i am mean to the confederacy. virulent, the virulent kind. >> they're right....
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from within the united states. one of the classic examples of searching through and figuring out who was involved. the husband and wife team, ethyl and jewulius rosen berg. i decided to put it first. alphabetically. they will be charged separately and both convicted of espionage along atomic secrets to the soviet union in 1951 and executed for espionage in 1953. this is serious business now. the us has been infiltrated by spies. nothing more serious than the weapons program and the rosen bergs paid the price. what we have then in the united states is a full-fledged red scare. we talked about this afterworld war 1 in the 1920s. this is really a second red scare. we are afraid that the united states, here on our own shores had been infiltrated. we are suspicious of everyone and everything. your next door neighbor might be a spy. it's your american responsibility and duty to support the activity. the band leader synonymous with the red scare and flushing out the communists, wherever they might be is this fellow. recog
from within the united states. one of the classic examples of searching through and figuring out who was involved. the husband and wife team, ethyl and jewulius rosen berg. i decided to put it first. alphabetically. they will be charged separately and both convicted of espionage along atomic secrets to the soviet union in 1951 and executed for espionage in 1953. this is serious business now. the us has been infiltrated by spies. nothing more serious than the weapons program and the rosen bergs...
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the people of the united states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder his regime as an actor programmed to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about we know for a fact there are letters there. this work is being carried out into the direction of dr david kay a respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart we have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community can provide. data cheney is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search you have not yet found shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work.
the people of the united states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder his regime as an actor programmed to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about we know for a fact there are letters there. this work is being carried out into the direction of dr david kay a respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart...
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>>> millions in asia and the united states watched as the range of firee clips lit up the sky. theee clips was seen in wide areas -- -- areas across asi. robin gibbs died sunday after a long battle with cancer. gibbs and his brother formed the bee gees in 1960. the band is best known for the saturday night fever sound track album that became one of the fastest selling albums of all time. robin gibbs was 62. >>> movie fans can't get enough of the avengers. it raked in $55 million domestically, and that made it disney's biggest movie release of all time, topping toy story 3 and pirates of the caribbean dead man's chest. so far the film has made 1. $14 billion worldwide and it is still going. battleship placed a disappointing second. >> it is just jaw-dropping. >> have you seen it? >> no, i can't wait. >>> emma thompson takes on a brave new role in pixar's brave new animated feature called "brave ." >> reporter: oscar winner emma thompson plays a queen in the new animated adventure. we talked to thompson immediately after she saw the film for the first time. >> it is an astonishin
>>> millions in asia and the united states watched as the range of firee clips lit up the sky. theee clips was seen in wide areas -- -- areas across asi. robin gibbs died sunday after a long battle with cancer. gibbs and his brother formed the bee gees in 1960. the band is best known for the saturday night fever sound track album that became one of the fastest selling albums of all time. robin gibbs was 62. >>> movie fans can't get enough of the avengers. it raked in $55...
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once the war is over, the united states and the soviet union decide to divide korea with the united states being in control of the southern part of korea and the soviet union is going to be administering the northern part of korea. eventually both u.s. and ussr agree we will withdraw and allow the koreans to have some degree of self-determination. we are going pull out and the soviet union will and the koreans will be able to determine their future and fate. and we both did. the difference is, when we pulled out, we took everything with us. when the soviet union pulled out, they left behind a stockpile of weapons. the most modern military technology that they had at the time. that's a temptation that was going to be used. the following summer, 1950, with the use of soviet military arments, they will invade south korea and try to take possession of the entire country. this is exactly what kennan had warned us about, truman says. soviet union is not content. they're going to expand now, you know, into other areas. this is a classic example of expansion and trying to take over the southern pa
once the war is over, the united states and the soviet union decide to divide korea with the united states being in control of the southern part of korea and the soviet union is going to be administering the northern part of korea. eventually both u.s. and ussr agree we will withdraw and allow the koreans to have some degree of self-determination. we are going pull out and the soviet union will and the koreans will be able to determine their future and fate. and we both did. the difference is,...
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and then they appealed that to the united states supreme court. the supreme court ruled unanimously that she should have that opportunity in oklahoma. my mom was real excited about that, she was at the supreme court when they had the arguments. and so she came back to oklahoma, real excited, thinking she was getting ready to go to law school. within seven days, the school, admission period would end, and she gotta tell gram in the mail that said that oklahoma had just opened the langston university school of law, so within seven days, they created a law school, a separate law school, just for her. the school was located in the state capitol building, and they hired two part time attorneys and part time dean, and that was to be the separate but equal law school for her to attend. and she did not attend that law school at all. but the law school stayed open a full year. meantime, the head of the oklahoma state naacp, roscoe dungy, came up with another strategy. he said i have six other students to apply to university of oklahoma. one in engineering,
and then they appealed that to the united states supreme court. the supreme court ruled unanimously that she should have that opportunity in oklahoma. my mom was real excited about that, she was at the supreme court when they had the arguments. and so she came back to oklahoma, real excited, thinking she was getting ready to go to law school. within seven days, the school, admission period would end, and she gotta tell gram in the mail that said that oklahoma had just opened the langston...
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but we move on to the united states now, and we talk a little bit about the republicans and whether or not they are distancing themselves from -- a lot of these issues that -- you know that we're talking about gay marriage and i wanted to know if in fact the gop is able to win by staying away from gay marriage. here is john boehner, the speaker of the house. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. and the president and the democrats can talk about all of this all they want but the fact is the american people are focused on our economy and they are asking the question where are the jobs? >> so michael hastings i want to ask you, if this is the tactic of the gop to just ignore what hand yesterday, can they win doing that? >> i don't think so. i think they are going to hit it hard eventually. guess who mitt romney is going on friday? to north carolina. so i think they are going to at some point use gay marriage as an issue. the poll numbers you showed at the beginning of the show showing in the swing states how unpopular it still is. so i think they will use it.
but we move on to the united states now, and we talk a little bit about the republicans and whether or not they are distancing themselves from -- a lot of these issues that -- you know that we're talking about gay marriage and i wanted to know if in fact the gop is able to win by staying away from gay marriage. here is john boehner, the speaker of the house. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. and the president and the democrats can talk about all of this all...
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it's a great day when the president of the united states says on national it was gay people should no longer be relegated to only planning other people's weddings. it's not right! it's like putting a cat in charge of the goldfish toss game. it's not fair! you're just torturing the cat. let him eat the fish or move him down to the clown. that's a better game for the cat. what are we talking about? i forgot already. gay marriage. many were suggesting that the president's hand was forced by his vice president old flubs mcgill cutie of the delaware blabbermouth by addressing the issue with his remarks on "meet the press" last sunday. >> so you are not up set with february. >> would i have preferred to have done this in my own way. >> jon: i'm sorry mr. president, i apologise for cutting you off there, i'm having trouble hearing you because of all the [bleep] birds! did you film this at the white house or the rainforest cafe? what is going on back there! (cheers and applause) the important thing for americas is-- caw, caw, caw! oooh-ha-ha,-a,-an. what are we talking about again? gay marria
it's a great day when the president of the united states says on national it was gay people should no longer be relegated to only planning other people's weddings. it's not right! it's like putting a cat in charge of the goldfish toss game. it's not fair! you're just torturing the cat. let him eat the fish or move him down to the clown. that's a better game for the cat. what are we talking about? i forgot already. gay marriage. many were suggesting that the president's hand was forced by his...
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. >> even bill o'reilly said you were being disrespectful to the president of the united states. >> he is not keen, first of all. he is taking it out of context. i am in my comedy club. you can say whatever you want. >> bill o'reilly said you went across the line. >> who gives a crap about what bill riley thinks? bill o'reilly is just a commentator on fox news. >> he is a hollywood actor. >> that is right. he does not control me or freedom of speech. i do not remember a voting for him for anything. >> you did vote for president obama. would you vote for him again? >> i do not know. i would never tell anybody who to vote for because what if i am wrong? i also said that president t obama is amazing for what he achieved in his life. i am not against the wealthy or successful people. they are not paying their fair share? it is not true. stop putting the republicans on the defensive. he keeps putting them on the defensive right now. it is a blatant appeal to the masses to get votes. it is not helping anything. everyone is in this together. my question is where the expert economists? this is
. >> even bill o'reilly said you were being disrespectful to the president of the united states. >> he is not keen, first of all. he is taking it out of context. i am in my comedy club. you can say whatever you want. >> bill o'reilly said you went across the line. >> who gives a crap about what bill riley thinks? bill o'reilly is just a commentator on fox news. >> he is a hollywood actor. >> that is right. he does not control me or freedom of speech. i do not...
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states like this. there's this false sense that the epa is going to come and rescue us. nothing could be further from the truth. we are dolliealing with an agen that has upwards of 30,000 sites that haven't been cleaned. this is insanity, called geraldo. it is a very serious, serious problem. the agency for a whole host of reasons whether it is over burdened under staffed let's be honest they are broke. they are not coming out and cleaning up these sites. >> erin brockovich the latest documentary "last call at the oasis." nice to see you again. >> nice to see you, geraldo. >> was john travolta really black listed from a spa in a swanky new york hotel? it's time to get going. to have the energy to turn a "to do" list into a memory. to put more giddy-up in our get-along. to keep stepping up even in overtime. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's... ... and mix a little more hop in our hip hop. thanks to the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, your feet will fee
states like this. there's this false sense that the epa is going to come and rescue us. nothing could be further from the truth. we are dolliealing with an agen that has upwards of 30,000 sites that haven't been cleaned. this is insanity, called geraldo. it is a very serious, serious problem. the agency for a whole host of reasons whether it is over burdened under staffed let's be honest they are broke. they are not coming out and cleaning up these sites. >> erin brockovich the latest...
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it was the largest enclosed arena in the united states at that time, one of the largest in the world, and between the two halves of the building was the second highest tower in new york city, a 32 story high tower that you could see for miles around. all of this modeled on spanish renaissance prototypes from the 16th century and they really did a gorgeous job of taking the spanish renaissance and turning it into a multi-entertainment complex for the modern era. here you're looking at madison square garden from upper madison avenue. you can see the arcade that gave you shelter when you came out of the carriage. there is the multi-entertainment complex itself, the colonnades where the roof top theater was and here is your entrance on the right and stanford white was brilliant at decorative effect. what i love about it, it was all set against a roman brick exterior. carnegie hall that i get to next uses roman brick, long, narrow, beautiful roman brick. we don't use it anymore because it is so narrow and requires more courses when you build something so we don't use it anymore. if you pay
it was the largest enclosed arena in the united states at that time, one of the largest in the world, and between the two halves of the building was the second highest tower in new york city, a 32 story high tower that you could see for miles around. all of this modeled on spanish renaissance prototypes from the 16th century and they really did a gorgeous job of taking the spanish renaissance and turning it into a multi-entertainment complex for the modern era. here you're looking at madison...
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i'm a united states senator. i'm waving a piece of paper in my hand, and i'm saying i have a list of 205 known communists working in the state department. don't you think that got a little bit of attention? now, we're not in the news cycle 24/7 like we are today. but it's still going to get a lot of attention in 1950. all the sudden the questions. who's on that list? how did he get the list? are there other communists other than in the state department? all the sudden a junior senator from wisconsin is going to be the darling of the news media. who is he? how did he get the information? a clue that maybe some of mccarthy's claims and charges weren't necessarily on the up and up is that when he would repeat the claim that he knew of communists in their state department, the numbers kept changing. they go from 205 to 56. the numbers just kept changing. nonetheless, he is going to conduct hearings in washington, d.c., where individuals will be subpoenaed, come to testify as to what they know about communism infiltra
i'm a united states senator. i'm waving a piece of paper in my hand, and i'm saying i have a list of 205 known communists working in the state department. don't you think that got a little bit of attention? now, we're not in the news cycle 24/7 like we are today. but it's still going to get a lot of attention in 1950. all the sudden the questions. who's on that list? how did he get the list? are there other communists other than in the state department? all the sudden a junior senator from...
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i think it is that, if you think about the qualities required to run for president of the united states, you have to be completely insane or an enormous jerk or some combination of the two. or you never go through what you have to go through to get that job. i would love for there to be a candidate would be honest. who would just say, you know what, i really just want the plane. it would be so cool to have that plane. i think that in the end, that is what they wanted a that is just me. that is what i would want. >> how is writing by yourself compared to collaborating? alan, you have probably done a lot of collaborating. >> man, my whole career. add "snl," gilda was my collaborator. i did the geary shandling show. he was my collaborator. the lord is my creator. he was my collaborator. billy crystal. it goes on and on. when i write to by myself -- >> you discover you have no talent. [laughter] >> there is nothing there anymore. it is fun raising by yourself, because i can flex muscles i did not have before, but it is very lonely. it is not natural to sit in a room by yourself and be funny
i think it is that, if you think about the qualities required to run for president of the united states, you have to be completely insane or an enormous jerk or some combination of the two. or you never go through what you have to go through to get that job. i would love for there to be a candidate would be honest. who would just say, you know what, i really just want the plane. it would be so cool to have that plane. i think that in the end, that is what they wanted a that is just me. that is...
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this is in the voice of the president of the united states. i never heard that odded yes. >> sean: i played it back in 2007 and 2008. back in 2007 and 2008 i was out of my mind. i had conservatives tell me i was going over the edge with jeremiah wright and radicalism and bill ayes. most people have not h heard that. is that relevant. in. >> i don't think it is. he is already the president. >> sean: the media is going to focus on the bullying of romney in 1965. >> first of all, the story was just lousy journalism. i don't think any one here is going to get through high school if they start minuting. >> sean: i was incorrugible. >> everybody knows hey, don't go to my kids high school years. we all suffered through that. >> sean: that the' fair. but these are college years. >> that is is a good point. >> sean: this is his college time and we don't have his college transcripts and thesis. he is the most transparent guy. if the media is going to go there with romney i'm going there with obama. >> you are doing the same thing that they did. >> to qu
this is in the voice of the president of the united states. i never heard that odded yes. >> sean: i played it back in 2007 and 2008. back in 2007 and 2008 i was out of my mind. i had conservatives tell me i was going over the edge with jeremiah wright and radicalism and bill ayes. most people have not h heard that. is that relevant. in. >> i don't think it is. he is already the president. >> sean: the media is going to focus on the bullying of romney in 1965. >> first...
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we also need to recognize that some of the same standards that may be in place in the united states, may not be met in other countries. >> almost all airports also use bomb-sniffing dogs and random trace detection bike swabbing hands and bags for explosive residues. security officials have been concerned that terrorists are changing chemicals used to create explosives, possibly beating those tactics. the one thing that remains clear, al qaeda remains focused on bringing down a u.s. plane. >> intelligence officials say it's a sobering reminder that al qaeda is hell bent on a successful attack after ten years of not being able to do so since 9/11. >> what is their best advice now to all of us and to all families about travel? >> what they're telling me tonight is they have massive layers of security, but they may adjust it baste on what they find out about this particular bomb. >> so they are deploying massive security. thank you, again. pierre. >> all across america this morning, people were bracing for the aftershock of a political earthquake overseas, upheaval which rattles the u.s.
we also need to recognize that some of the same standards that may be in place in the united states, may not be met in other countries. >> almost all airports also use bomb-sniffing dogs and random trace detection bike swabbing hands and bags for explosive residues. security officials have been concerned that terrorists are changing chemicals used to create explosives, possibly beating those tactics. the one thing that remains clear, al qaeda remains focused on bringing down a u.s. plane....
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he says that he wants to leave and go to the united states with this family. he also says that he had been unable to raise this issue with american officials so far. >> aside from his case, there are other items on the agenda. syria, sudan, iran, all concerns between the tube. how might we see some resolution to these problems? >> as hillary clinton said to herself, at between china and the u.s., they cannot solve all the world's problems. but by cooperating, they can have a good stab at it. america will be trying to persuade china to take a tougher line on syria, iran, north korea. china will be looking for concessions from america on the economic front. there is a lot to talk about. whether we get any kind of hard details or a hard deal at the end of these two-day talks, it remains to be seen. i think these talks and the issue of chen guangcheng will still be discussed. >> tempers flared between the two contenders and the french presidential election on wednesday evening. it was their only televised debate before sunday's second round vote. the accused each
he says that he wants to leave and go to the united states with this family. he also says that he had been unable to raise this issue with american officials so far. >> aside from his case, there are other items on the agenda. syria, sudan, iran, all concerns between the tube. how might we see some resolution to these problems? >> as hillary clinton said to herself, at between china and the u.s., they cannot solve all the world's problems. but by cooperating, they can have a good...
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the most popular cultural person in the united states. raises more money than any one except george clooney for him. she was at a fundraiser talking about her husband's healthcare bill. she has put herself out there as a policy advocate. when you do that, do you put yourself in the spot light sufficiently to be critiqued for your policy views? >> well, i believe that whether you are president, president's wife or a potential president to be he's wife you are in a glass house and there is no way around that and everything that you do and everything that you wear is going to be critiqued as we have found out whether it is michelle obama's $2,000 sweater or ann romney's $800 whatever it was. >> not ridiculed to the same extent. she has never really been ridiculed by the late night comics. i don't remember. >> that is just a liberal bias. but what i think is interesting to note here is that women are smarter than this and americans are smarter than this and this isn't the spending we should be wore id about it. we should be worried about the
the most popular cultural person in the united states. raises more money than any one except george clooney for him. she was at a fundraiser talking about her husband's healthcare bill. she has put herself out there as a policy advocate. when you do that, do you put yourself in the spot light sufficiently to be critiqued for your policy views? >> well, i believe that whether you are president, president's wife or a potential president to be he's wife you are in a glass house and there is...
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the united states of i'm sorry but since you're going to artsy me what. i mean it's shocking sometimes the lengths people will go to to try not to offend anyone i personally subscribe to the south park model myself just offend everyone and no one goal you are racist or anti-catholic rant high muslim because you're just anti everyone or critical of everyone but this does warrant a closer look because this is our society the schools our children will be attending they look a lot different than they did when we were there our parents were there now earlier i spoke with t.j. mccormack a radio host with l a talk radio dot com i asked him if he thought the political correctness is a little overblown these days check out his answer. a little overblown i feel like that it's sane people like us i think there's this massive massive massive majority of people who are sitting here and looking at one of they want to and what do they want to and we're the same ones the i don't think anybody wants this sort of scrubbed up site type of language and what's interesting is
the united states of i'm sorry but since you're going to artsy me what. i mean it's shocking sometimes the lengths people will go to to try not to offend anyone i personally subscribe to the south park model myself just offend everyone and no one goal you are racist or anti-catholic rant high muslim because you're just anti everyone or critical of everyone but this does warrant a closer look because this is our society the schools our children will be attending they look a lot different than...
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. >> the president of the united states is gay. friendly. gay friendly. >> the president's big news -- big news. he is now officially married to marriage equality. while his endorsement certainly plays to the bass, there are many folks who believe it could spell trouble in some battleground states, including what the electoral calculus views as the must-win state of florida. let's turn to the mega panel for thursday. karen, will this issue be relevant to the electoral map at all, or are we just sort of playing to the idea that it could be today, and two, if it is relevant to the electoral map, where would it be 180 days from now? >> i don't think it's going to be ultimately relevant to the electoral map because voters who disagree with president obama on this issue but respect his position will likely still vote for him because they'll vote for him on a range of other issues. voters who disagree with him on this issue who would be affected by this probably weren't going to vote for him, anyway. to your second question, though, i think it may
. >> the president of the united states is gay. friendly. gay friendly. >> the president's big news -- big news. he is now officially married to marriage equality. while his endorsement certainly plays to the bass, there are many folks who believe it could spell trouble in some battleground states, including what the electoral calculus views as the must-win state of florida. let's turn to the mega panel for thursday. karen, will this issue be relevant to the electoral map at all, or...